Overnight Rain Totals

Showers and thunderstorms spread across south central and southeast Wisconsin overnight as a warm front pushed north into northern Wisconsin. Rain totals through 6 am this morning, January 29th, ranged from a quarter inch to an inch and a quarter, but averaged about three quarters of an inch. Another round of showers and thunderstorms will spread into southern Wisconsin this afternoon and evening ahead of a cold front. A half inch to one and a half inches of additional rain is expected.

The radar images below show where the showers and thunderstorms were at 1:00 am and 3:41 am. Click on each image for a larger view.

The image below shows radar-estimated rainfall amounts from when the first round of showers and thunderstorms began just before midnight and ended around 4 am. There was a line of showers that made it about halfway through southern Wisconsin prior to 6 am. The numbers on the image show the measured amount of rainfall that fell through 6 am at selected locations. Click for a larger image.

Here is the Max/Min Temperature and Precipitation Table Summary for the Milwaukee/Sullivan forecast area. The amounts in this table are valid through 6 am.